Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

And the prophets are like wind, and the word [is] not in them.' Thus it will be done to them."

New American Standard Bible

“The prophets are as wind,
And the word is not in them.
Thus it will be done to them!”

King James Version

And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.

Holman Bible

The prophets become only wind,
for the Lord’s word is not in them.
This will in fact happen to them.

International Standard Version

The prophets are nothing but wind, and the word is not in them. So may the disaster happen to them!'"

A Conservative Version

And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them. Thus shall it be done to them.

American Standard Version

and the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.

Amplified


“The prophets are like the wind [their prophecy will not come to pass],
And the word [of God] is not in them.
In this manner it will be done to them [as they prophesied, not to us].”

Bible in Basic English

And the prophets will become wind, and the word is not in them; so it will be done to them.

Darby Translation

and the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.

Julia Smith Translation

And the prophets shall be for wind, and the word not in them: so shall it be done to them.

King James 2000

And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.

Modern King James verseion

And the prophets shall become wind, and the Word is not in them; so it shall be done to them.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

As for the warning of the Prophets, it is but wind; yea, there is not the word of God in them: such things shall happen unto themselves."

NET Bible

The prophets will prove to be full of wind. The Lord has not spoken through them. So, let what they say happen to them.'"

New Heart English Bible

The prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them. Thus shall it be done to them."

The Emphasized Bible

But the prophets, shall prove to be wind, And there is no one speaking in them, - Thus, shall it be done to themselves!

Webster

And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done to them.

World English Bible

The prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them. Thus shall it be done to them."

Youngs Literal Translation

And the prophets become wind, And the word is not in them,' -- thus it is done by them.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the prophets
נביא 
Nabiy' 
Usage: 315

רוּח 
Ruwach 
Usage: 378

and the word
דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1142

is not in them thus shall it be done

Usage: 0

Context Readings

An Invasion From The North

12 "They have denied Yahweh, and have said, 'Not he, {for} evil will not come on us, we will see neither sword nor famine. 13 And the prophets are like wind, and the word [is] not in them.' Thus it will be done to them." 14 {Therefore} thus says Yahweh, the God of hosts, "Because you have spoken this word, look, I [am] making my words in your mouth like a fire, and this people wood, and it will devour them.



Cross References

Jeremiah 14:15

{Therefore} thus says Yahweh concerning the prophets who prophecy in my name though I have not sent them, yet they [are] saying, "Sword and famine will not be in this land." "By the sword and by the famine those prophets will perish.

Job 8:2

"{How long} will you say these [things], and the words of your mouth [be] a mighty wind?

Jeremiah 14:13

Then I said, "Ah, Lord Yahweh, look, the prophets [are] saying to them, 'You will not see [the] sword, and famine will not be yours, but reliable peace I will give to you in this place.'"

Job 6:26

Do you intend to reprove [my] words and [consider the] words of a desperate [man] as wind?

Jeremiah 18:18

Then they said, "Come and let us plan plans against Jeremiah, for instruction will not be lost from [the] priest, nor advice from [the] wise man, nor [the] word from [the] prophet. Come and {let us bring charges against him}, and let us not listen attentively to any of his words."

Jeremiah 20:8-11

For {as often as} I speak, I must cry out violence and destruction. I must shout, for the word of Yahweh has become for me a disgrace and derision all day [long].

Jeremiah 28:3

{Within two years} I [will] bring back to this place all the vessels of the house of Yahweh which Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon took away from this place and brought [to] Babylon.

Hosea 9:7

The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have come; Israel knows! The prophet [is] a fool, the man of the spirit [is] acting like a madman. Because of the greatness of your sin, [your] hostility [is] great.

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